He wrote a great book I loved when I was about 16: The Common Sense of Science. And Modest Mouse did a great song about him: youtube.com/watch?v=jdzpWfliYM0&themeRefresh=1 (View Post)

Sure: But if that was the major cause of declining birth rates, then countries with more traditional values (like, say, Iran) would have much higher birth rates. And they don't. (View Post)

Ahem: in Phase 1 it was also used in tens of millions of pocket calculators. (View Post)

Not at all. That's regular agnostics. I'm on the prostheleyzing wing of agnoticism. We hate the wishy washy regular agnostics. They're worse than believers and atheists in our eyes. (View Post)

Having a young kid, particularly if money is tight, is extremely stressful and not all of us are our best selves at that moment. It's hard sometimes to see through your own misery and discomfort… (View Post)